Where does “空手家” come from?
空手家 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 空手, from Japanese 唐手, from Japanese 唐, from Japanese 伽羅, from Sanskrit कालागुरु.
空手家 (Japanese): karate practitioner
Ancestry of “空手家”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 空手 | karate; the state of being empty-handed; the... |
| 2 | Japanese | 唐手 | Alternative spelling of 空手 |
| 3 | Japanese | 唐 | foreign lands in general; element in compounds,... |
| 4 | Japanese | 伽羅 | Short for 伽羅木 : a Japanese yew variety, Taxus... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | कालागुरु | — |